¿The theoretical and empirical literature to date has fallen short of reaching a consensus as to whether granting more managerial discretion to managers tends to enhance, not alter or diminish organizational performance (the discretion puzzle). This book aims to build a bridge between these contradictory results by synthesising principal-agent theory, stewardship theory, and managerial discretion theory into a new empirically-validated model. Using a representative sample of 'double-blind' interviews with managers of 467 firms in China and applying partial least squares path modelling (PLS), the study identifies a potential cause of the discretion puzzle: the failure of the extant literature to account for granularity in the way that managers use their discretion. This generates far-reaching implications for theoretical and empirical research as well as practical recommendations for managing managers in multinationals and Chinese companies.
| Autorius: | Hagen Wülferth |
| Serija: | Contributions to Management Science |
| Leidėjas: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2013 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 560 |
| ISBN-10: | 3642358365 |
| ISBN-13: | 9783642358364 |
| Formatas: | Knyga kietu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
| Žanras: | Management of specific areas |
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